Alex Plank is getting sued...

[Natalia Evans]

Someone on WP quoted a post from Zack's blog and posted it on WP and he didn't like it. So he is suing Alex for it. I mean I don't see news stations and newspaper companies suing forums just because someone quoted their article and posted the link.

meh. I'm probably going to get flamed, but that's pretty fucking stupid.

Why would I flame you for saying TheZack is stupid? It's true. 

[Mr Smith]

Someone on WP quoted a post from Zack's blog and posted it on WP and he didn't like it. So he is suing Alex for it. I mean I don't see news stations and newspaper companies suing forums just because someone quoted their article and posted the link.

meh. I'm probably going to get flamed, but that's pretty fucking stupid.

Why would I flame you for saying TheZack is stupid? It's true. 

Nah not you, I meant the anti WP brigade.

I like WP, and I like intensity. You'll find I have an unbiased opinion on both.

[The_Chosen_One]

So you don't like AP/Wp.

ZOMG LETS FLAME THE MEMBERS THERE NOW!

Did Alex offer to make you a moderator or something?

No. I'm taking flaming of the "majority of members there suck" because that is biased.

Well most of them would not get along here, lets face it. There are some good members there.

Actually I wouldn't say "most" whine.

There are a few whiners, I don't tend to read their posts anyway. The majority of the posts I read are fine. How do you define a whiner? Moaning about life? Well, it is a support site.

That contradicts everything I was told about the place and what I experienced, along with several of my friends. There were some whiners in the parent section, the adult section, the dating section, and so on eg. "poor me, my kid has autism and they stimmmmmm" or "poor me, I treat women like shite and then none of them will date me". It doesn't take too long to tell the people with genuine issues from the ones who like having a whinge and a whine.

[Callaway]

Do people get good support there yet?

Yeah, I think many members rise to the occasion to help.

More in the parents section than others most of the other stuff is just back patting

Yeah well that probably doesn't help in the long run, sucking up isn't cool, but sometimes its what people need

And you have to admit people here can be brutally honest

True.

[Callaway]

I think his point of view is useful to take note of for the next time he cries copyright infringement because of someone quoting something from WrongPlanet elsewhere.

Good point.

[Callaway]

I can understand his point of view. I doubt the copyright infringement claim would hold.

I can see his point of view too, but it is interesting to watch the Zach vs Alex drama play itself out.

[Christopher McCandless]

Someone on WP quoted a post from Zack's blog and posted it on WP and he didn't like it. So he is suing Alex for it. I mean I don't see news stations and newspaper companies suing forums just because someone quoted their article and posted the link.

meh. I'm probably going to get flamed, but that's pretty fucking stupid.

Why would I flame you for saying TheZack is stupid? It's true. 

Nah not you, I meant the anti WP brigade.

I like WP, and I like intensity. You'll find I have an unbiased opinion on both.

I subscribe the anti-Alex brigade. What does that make me?

[ALLDAYGLOWRANDY]

I get it now sounds like zach is a baby so what, its not like alex is profiting in someway or is he? Sounds like zach has selfesteem issue caring so much might not learned to deal with life no offense i think some call him stupid displacing some of their feelings about their own dx who ever you are your not stupid you havent learned to cope

[ALLDAYGLOWRANDY]

Sorry if it sounds mean my emotional center is on reduced environmental toxic load

[DirtDawg]

Someone on WP quoted a post from Zack's blog and posted it on WP and he didn't like it. So he is suing Alex for it. I mean I don't see news stations and newspaper companies suing forums just because someone quoted their article and posted the link.

meh. I'm probably going to get flamed, but that's pretty fucking stupid.

Why would I flame you for saying TheZack is stupid? It's true. 

Nah not you, I meant the anti WP brigade.

I like WP, and I like intensity. You'll find I have an unbiased opinion on both.

I subscribe the anti-Alex brigade. What does that make me?

No more stupid than before, likely.

[DirtDawg]

Someone on WP quoted a post from Zack's blog and posted it on WP and he didn't like it. So he is suing Alex for it. I mean I don't see news stations and newspaper companies suing forums just because someone quoted their article and posted the link.

Few people have copied and pasted my posts before and I didn't see it as copyright infringement. I have been told it's wrong to do but people do it anyway so I don't see why it be wrong.

It is perfectly legal to quote from any internet source, as long as you provide a link to the source in your post.

A suit can still be brought to court, but the link will remove any argument claiming an infringement of copyright.

This shit I know about.

[DirtDawg]

wtf is this shit.. someone give me the gist of it?

Well as you have a WP link its not difficult, unless planky had deleted the thread.

Unless you are asking about the DMCA?

I can't be bothered reading the whole thng. Hence why I asked for the gist.

I don't think it concerns you. Don't trouble your pretty little head.










Yeah, I hear that, "can't be arsed"  statement too much.

It is nothing, really.

[odeon]

I can understand his point of view. I doubt the copyright infringement claim would hold.

Then can you tell us then? I still don't understand what the big deal is having something copied from your blog and posted on WP.

Internet copyright is fuzzy at best. Alex's dad is a lawyer and probably good enough at what he does. I'm pretty sure Alex talked to him before taking a stand.

[odeon]

I can understand his point of view. I doubt the copyright infringement claim would hold.

I can see his point of view too, but it is interesting to watch the Zach vs Alex drama play itself out.

Mildly interesting, methinks. It would have been more fun to watch if that other guy had a leg to stand on.

[odeon]

Someone on WP quoted a post from Zack's blog and posted it on WP and he didn't like it. So he is suing Alex for it. I mean I don't see news stations and newspaper companies suing forums just because someone quoted their article and posted the link.

meh. I'm probably going to get flamed, but that's pretty fucking stupid.

Why would I flame you for saying TheZack is stupid? It's true. 

Nah not you, I meant the anti WP brigade.

I like WP, and I like intensity. You'll find I have an unbiased opinion on both.

I subscribe the anti-Alex brigade. What does that make me?

Biased.